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How to Be Normal: Essays: Essays

How to Be Normal: Essays: Essays


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Phil Christman is one of the best cultural critics working today. Or, as a reviewer of his previous book, Midwest Futures, put it, one of the most underappreciated writers of [his] generation.You may also know Phil from his columns in Commonweal and Plough, or his viral essay What Is It Like To Be A Man?, the latter adapted in his new book, How to Be Normal. Christman's second book includes essays on How To Be White, How to Be Religious, How To Be Married, and more, in addition to new versions of the above. Find in it also brilliant analyses of middlebrow culture, bad movies, Mark Fisher, Christian fundamentalism, and more. With exquisite attention to syntax and prose, the astoundingly well-read Christman pairs a deceptively breezy style with radical openness. In his witty, original hands, seemingly normal subjects are rendered exceptional, and exceptionally.

About the Author :
Phil Christman is the author of Midwest Futures, winner of both the Independent Publisher Book Award and a Midwest Independent Publisher Award. He currently lectures in the English department at University of Michigan. His work has appeared in The Hedgehog Review, Commonweal, The Christian Century, The Outline, and other places. He lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

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Erudite riffs on race, religion, masculinity, and other contentious subjects...A crisp set of essays that bring big social and cultural debates to a human level. -- Kirkus Reviews A probing and provocative collection. --Publishers Weekly Christman presents essays on a variety of topics ranging from race and masculinity to religion and pop culture, all written in the tone of a subversive self-help guide. Engaging a belles-lettristic negative capability, Christman takes on the big subjects while always remembering that the point of criticism is to more fully be a person, part of 'our little attempts that we make at building a home in this world.' --Ed Simon, The Millions In a host of grimly besieged arenas of public life, from religion and race to mass culture and masculinity, Christman charts a frank and fearless guide for the perplexed, the battered, the exhausted, and the outraged. --Chris Lehmann, The New Republic Mr. Christman titles the collection and each of the essays with the 'How to' format, but he points out in an author's note that this is not an advice manual. Rather, he takes on a subject and examines the generalizations and shibboleths clinging to it, puncturing them with personal experience and his intellect--and with considerable research to back them up. . . . Throughout How to Be Normal, the voice is earnest and intense, often spiraling around a subject. . . . But as for the promise of comfort suggested by the title of this book, Mr. Christman has some disappointing news: 'There is no normal to get back to anymore.' --Richard Babcock, Wall Street Journal


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  • ISBN-13: 9781953368294
  • Publisher: Belt Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Belt Publishing
  • Height: 176 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Weight: 254 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1953368298
  • Publisher Date: 15 Mar 2022
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Essays
  • Width: 126 mm


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